The volatility of the market makes it risky to invest in it, but somehow this is what attracts investors more than anything else. Market falls are the most important reason behind the return percentage of stock and index during the bull run. When they see the short-term return in the bull market, then they realize it is not possible to make this kind of return on other assets. The same things attract new investors to the market. Whatever it is, here we will talk about some such facts of the Indian market that may surprise you.
- Oldest stock exchange in Asia.
Indian index founded 1st Jan 1986 according to the wiki. India’s stock market index Sensex is the oldest stock exchange in Asia.
- Market capitalisation
Currently Sensex market is more than 3.1 trillion $(May 2021). which you get by multiplying the outstanding shares of the listing shares with the price.
- 1000 to 55000 Sensex journey.
On 25 July 1990, Sensex touched 4 digits for the first time. It touched 5K on 11th Oct 1999. 10K on 7th Feb 2006. On 11th Dec 2007, the 10K market doubled itself. 16th May 2014 it Sensex crosses 25000. And on 21st Jan 2021 Sensex touched 50000 for the first time.
- Exchanges in Indian
There are few other exchanges in India. Sensex and Nifty have the major trade volume. From the past few years, MCX has also had good volume.
- Market trend
There are two types of trends in the market. One is a bull and another one is a bear. Some investors like to trade in the bull market and with bears, but if you look closely there is one more trend that is called a sidewise trend. This is the trend that investors heat most.
- Sgx nifty
In India, maximum people visit the site of SGX Nifty before the stock market opens. They believe that this index indicates that the nifty will open positive or negative, nifty opens in the same way.
- Demat accounts in India
According to the population, India is at second rank. But only 2.5% to 3% of this population is engaged in the stock market.
- TCS vs Pakistan Economy
There are few stocks like TCS and Reliance Industry, in which individual companies’ market cap is bigger than the entire Pakistan economy.
- Gambling
In India large population thinking stock market investment is gambling. They felt safe in LIC and Fixed deposits by the bank. They avoid stock market investing for this reason.
- Most Expensive share
In NSE and BSE the MRF company share is the most expensive share rite now. It’s trading above 75K. It made a high of 98599 on 11th Feb 2021.
Conclusion:-
There are many more facts in the Indian stock market. If you know one more just comment in the box.
Regards ,
S Prasad Rao